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CPU Bottleneck? Or something else?

I recently got a GTX 1660 Super for a spare rig I own. The rig has a Xeon E5-2690. When playing Apex Legends, I notice large fluctuations from 80fps to 144fps. The GPU mostly stays in the 70%-80% utilisation area with dips down to 60% and the CPU hovers around 50% @3.1ghz.

 

Changing graphics quality rarely makes a difference, and the CPU never goes above 3.1ghz on all 12 threads. GPU stays at the same clock. 

 

Clarity:

CPU: 50 degrees

GPU: 70 degrees

Tried both SSD and HDD

 

Is the CPU bottlenecking the GPU? Would a 3930k or a 3970x help my situation? 

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Sandy bridge is pretty old, especially on competitive online games, CPU matters a lot. 

 

Not necessarily more cores, just faster ones.

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A 3970x should NEVER be  paired with a 1660s. That is a $1800 cpu. Also, it is bad value unless you need all of the cores. 

I am just kidding, I know you aren't talking about a threadripper.

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5 minutes ago, KingCollins said:

 

Is the CPU bottlenecking the GPU? Would a 3930k or a 3970x help my situation? 

With your CPU only boosting to 3.1GHz, it sounds like some power limit is on the CPU. What motherboard are you using? Do you have all your memory channels populated?

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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39 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

Sandy bridge is pretty old, especially on competitive online games, CPU matters a lot. 

 

Not necessarily more cores, just faster ones.

And is the 3960x still too old do you think? I know its hard to estimate how a 10 year old CPU will 

 

36 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

With your CPU only boosting to 3.1GHz, it sounds like some power limit is on the CPU. What motherboard are you using? Do you have all your memory channels populated?

I can see in HWMonitor that at one stage the cores did boost to 3.8, not not while gaming. Holds steady at 3.1. Also I only have 4 channels populated as one of the slots is broken. 

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38 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

With your CPU only boosting to 3.1GHz, it sounds like some power limit is on the CPU. What motherboard are you using? Do you have all your memory channels populated?

Oh sorry, another piece I forgot. I'm using a Intel DX79TO

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5 minutes ago, KingCollins said:

Oh sorry, another piece I forgot. I'm using a Intel DX79TO

I think there might be a strict power limit. A lower core count, higher clock CPU might help.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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12 minutes ago, KingCollins said:

And is the 3960x still too old do you think? I know its hard to estimate how a 10 year old CPU will 

 

I can see in HWMonitor that at one stage the cores did boost to 3.8, not not while gaming. Holds steady at 3.1. Also I only have 4 channels populated as one of the slots is broken. 

Prob about the same, if frequency is same

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10 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

Prob about the same, if frequency is same

Yeah maybe, I was hoping that I would have a better chance at a higher turbo clock then what I'm getting with a Xeon 😕

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